Quantopian's community platform is shutting down. Please read this post for more information and download your code.
Back to Community
Multi-Strategy portfolio

I am trying to have multiple strategies executed in the same model. I want to do one strategy until I start losing money, and then Ill switch to the other strategy. Currently, there seems to only by 1 strategy possible with the variables that are given to us. Could I create my own strategy class in order to get around this issue and then link them both to the provided variables? Or am I looking at this issue the wrong way?

Any help is much appreciated.

1 response

Play the orchestra not the instruments, I like it.In fact I was exploring doing something similar to this for a while, and I came to the same conclusion that it would be rather difficult to implement. I'll give you a high level view of what I came up with.

  1. define some market regimes
  2. create a class for each strategy
  3. assign each class to a regime
  4. implement some sort of regime detecting logic
  5. adjust exposure accordingly

I had limited success with this (just used some neat algos shared on the community), and honestly haven't really put in the time to make a conclusive decision one way or another. I know that I'm a big fan of taking a strategy and making it into a class, that lends itself to scalability. It would be cool to see a sample of what you come up with.

Disclaimer

The material on this website is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation to buy, or a recommendation or endorsement for any security or strategy, nor does it constitute an offer to provide investment advisory services by Quantopian. In addition, the material offers no opinion with respect to the suitability of any security or specific investment. No information contained herein should be regarded as a suggestion to engage in or refrain from any investment-related course of action as none of Quantopian nor any of its affiliates is undertaking to provide investment advice, act as an adviser to any plan or entity subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity, or give advice in a fiduciary capacity with respect to the materials presented herein. If you are an individual retirement or other investor, contact your financial advisor or other fiduciary unrelated to Quantopian about whether any given investment idea, strategy, product or service described herein may be appropriate for your circumstances. All investments involve risk, including loss of principal. Quantopian makes no guarantees as to the accuracy or completeness of the views expressed in the website. The views are subject to change, and may have become unreliable for various reasons, including changes in market conditions or economic circumstances.